Clarify unfamiliar terms from WhatsApp
When an incoming message includes a term you want to understand, have Notis fetch its dictionary entry for your run report.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Action
Get Word Definition V2
Tool to retrieve definitions, phonetics, origin, and meanings of a given word using freedictionaryapi v2. use when you need comprehensive lexical data for a specific word.
Why this helps
Looking up terminology in the middle of customer or partner conversations adds another task to an already full inbox.
- Capture the definition without switching to a separate search.
- Review meanings, phonetics, and origin when available.
- Keep the automation focused on messages that ask about a specific term.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and Dictionary API once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to look up only a specific unfamiliar term explicitly asked about in an incoming message, then return the result in the run report.
- 4Choose New Message Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real message asking what a particular term means.
Questions about this workflow
Will every incoming message trigger a dictionary lookup?
New Message Received is the trigger. In the automation instruction, ask Notis to look up a term only when the message explicitly asks about a specific word or term.
Can this explain a phrase or industry concept?
The action retrieves word definitions for a given word. It may not explain a multiword concept or provide industry-specific context.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Dictionary api. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Dictionary api actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Word Definition V2
Tool to retrieve definitions, phonetics, origin, and meanings of a given word using freedictionaryapi v2. use when you need comprehensive lexical data for a specific word.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Message Status Updated
Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Message Template Status Update
Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Whatsapp and Dictionary api, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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